Ville Itälä
Ville Itälä (born May 10, 1959 in Luumäki ) is a Finnish EU official and has been Director General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) since August 2018 . He was previously a member of the European Parliament as a politician in the National Collection Party and the European People's Party .
Life
Itälä was elected as a member of the Finnish Parliament for the constituency of Varsinais-Suomi in 1995. From 2000 to 2003 he was Minister of the Interior in the government of Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen . From 2001 to 2004 Itälä was party leader of the conservative National Collection Party . He was replaced in 2004 by Jyrki Katainen in the party chairmanship. Itälä was elected as a member of the European Parliament in 2004 and re-elected in 2009. He has been married to Sari Itälä since 2002.
Web links
- Official website of Ville Itälä
- Entry on Ville Itälä in the European Parliament 's database of MEPs
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography. Retrieved September 15, 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Itälä, Ville |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish EU official, politician, member of the Reichstag, MEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luumäki |